Wednesday, September 30, 2015

EVENTUALLY

WORD: EVENTUALLY

MEANING:
1. at the very end; finally
2. (as sentence modifier) after a long time or long delay: eventually, he arrived.
3. finally, ultimately

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He will understand eventually
2. This problem will be fixed eventually, so dont worry about this now.

PRONOUNCE:
eventually - इवेन्चवली / इवेन्चूअली / इवेन्शली / ईवेन्चवली / ईवेन्शली

LINK: EVENTUALLY

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

SERENITY

WORD: SERENITY

MEANING:
1. Lack of emotional agitation:
2. An absence of motion or disturbance:
3. calmness, coolness, quietness

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.. be happy anyway
2. An atmosphere of serenity pervades the place.

PRONOUNCE:
serenitynoun - सरेनटी / सरेनिटी

LINK: SERENITY

Monday, September 28, 2015

PERHAPS

WORD: PERHAPS

MEANING:
1. Maybe; possibly

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It is, perhaps, the best known of his works.
2. Dont you think we should ask your father first? well, perhaps so.

PRONOUNCE:
per·haps  - पर्हैप्स

LINK: PERHAPS

Sunday, September 27, 2015

DECEIVE

WORD: DECEIVE

MEANING:
1. To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
2. Archaic To catch by guile; ensnare.
3. cheat, mislead, betray

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1.  If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you.. be honest and sincere anyway
2. The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

PRONOUNCE:
de·ceive - डिसीव

LINK: DECEIVE

Saturday, September 26, 2015

AHEAD

WORD: AHEAD

MEANING:
1. (postpositive) in front; in advance
2. fast, gaining

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Go ahead.
2. I see the lights of a town ahead

PRONOUNCE:
ahead - अहेड

LINK: AHEAD

Friday, September 25, 2015

CIRCUMSPECT

WORD: CIRCUMSPECT

MEANING:
1. cautious, prudent, or discreet
2. cautious, careful, guarded

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. World Cup: Circumspect France faces Nigeria
2. Be circumspect in all your actions!

PRONOUNCE:
circumspect - सर्कम्स्पेक्ट

LINK: CIRCUMSPECT

Thursday, September 24, 2015

STRUGGLE

WORD: STRUGGLE

MEANING:
1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load.
2.
a. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled for years before breaking through as an actor.
b. To have difficulty or make a strenuous effort doing something: struggled to be polite.
c. To move or progress with difficulty: struggled up the steep slope.
3. To contend or compete: "Right and wrong ... will ever continue to struggle" (Abraham Lincoln).
4. fight, brawl, effort

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Though the wind was blowing in the opposite direction the bowlers struggled to keep the length.
2. getting through the crowd was a real struggle

PRONOUNCE:
strug·gle - स्ट्रगल

LINK: STRUGGLE

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

CHRONICLE

WORD: CHRONICLE

MEANING:
1. An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.
2. A detailed narrative record or report.
3. Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
4. record, history

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He consulted the chronicles of the period to find the facts.
2. That institute chronicles the events.

PRONOUNCE:
chron·i·cle  - क्रानिकल

LINK: CHRONICLE

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

INTENT

WORD: INTENT

MEANING:
1. Firmly fixed; concentrated: an intent gaze.
2. Having the attention applied; engrossed: The students, intent upon their books, did not hear me enter the room.
3. Having the mind and will focused on a specific purpose: was intent on leaving within the hour; are intent upon being recognized.
4. committed, determined

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. good intentions are not enough
2. His intent was to provide a new translation.
3. He was intent on getting promoted.

PRONOUNCE:
in·tent - इन्टेन्ट

LINK: INTENT

Monday, September 21, 2015

BACKWARD

WORD: BACKWARD

MEANING:
1. Directed or facing toward the back or rear.
2. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.
3. Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.
4. Behind others in progress or development: The technology was backward, but the system worked.
adv. or back·wards (-wərdz)
1. To or toward the back or rear.
2. With the back leading.
3. In a reverse manner or order.
4. To, toward, or into the past.
5. Toward a worse or less advanced condition.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. tripped when he stepped backward
2. the child put her jersey on backward

PRONOUNCE:
back·ward  - बैक्वर्ड

LINK: BACKWARD

Sunday, September 20, 2015

PITTED

WORD: PITTED

MEANING:
1. fought, opposed

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. pit a chess player against the Russian champion
2. Jai Dixit is pitted against Aamir's character of a thief.

PRONOUNCE:
pit·ted - पिट

LINK: PITTED

Saturday, September 19, 2015

AWE

WORD: AWE

MEANING:
1. overwhelming wonder, admiration, respect, or dread
2. power to inspire fear or reverence
3. wonder, respect

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. I am in awe of Aamir Khan, says Abhishek Bachchan
2. he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
3. My first view of the Lal Quila filled me with awe.

PRONOUNCE:
awe - आ / ऑ / ऑ

LINK: AWE

Friday, September 18, 2015

CONVINCE

WORD: CONVINCE

MEANING:
1. (may take a clause as object) to make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; persuade
2. US to persuade (someone) to do something
3.
a. to overcome
b. to prove guilty

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. He wants to convince me.
2. He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product

PRONOUNCE:
convince - कन्विन्स

LINK: CONVINCE

Thursday, September 17, 2015

ANNOYING

WORD: ANNOYING

MEANING:
1. causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome.
2. irritating, upsetting

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. His condescending tone was as annoying as the words.
2. Go find a less annoying way to earn some money.

PRONOUNCE:
an•noy•ing - अनॉइइंग

LINK: ANNOYING

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

COLLEAGUE

WORD: COLLEAGUE

MEANING:
1. a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. My classmate is my colleague now.
2. the surgeon consulted his colleagues

PRONOUNCE:
colleague - कालीग

LINK: COLLEAGUE

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

BUCKLED

WORD: BUCKLED

MEANING:
1. A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other.
2. An ornament that resembles this clasp, such as a metal square on a shoe or hat.
3. An instance of bending, warping, or crumpling; a bend or bulge.
4. closed, clipped, collapsed

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The benchmark Sensex buckled under selling pressure in the second half of trade
2. He buckled the shoes tightly.

PRONOUNCE:
buck·le - बकल

LINK: BUCKLED

Monday, September 14, 2015

BIZARRE

WORD: BIZARRE

MEANING:
1. Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way. See Synonyms at fantastic.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Her face looks bizarre to me
2. I can't believe we're getting involved in something so bizarre and so treacherous.

PRONOUNCE:
bi·zarre  - बज़ार / बिज़ार / बिज़ार

LINK: BIZARRE

Sunday, September 13, 2015

DEBRIS

WORD: DEBRIS

MEANING:
1.
a. The scattered remains of something broken or destroyed; rubble or wreckage.
b. Carelessly discarded refuse; litter.
2. Geology An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments: glacial debris.
3. Biology The fragmented remains of dead or damaged cells or tissue.
4. wreckage, waste

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Scientists test 'harpoon' to clear risky space debris
2. Road debris is lying.

PRONOUNCE:
de·bris - डब्री

LINK: DEBRIS

Saturday, September 12, 2015

DIVERT

WORD: DIVERT

MEANING:
1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.
2. To distract: My attention was diverted by an argument between motorists.
3. To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse. See Synonyms at amuse.
4. distract, sidetrack

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. They diverted the traffic because of the demonstration.

PRONOUNCE:
di·vert - डाइवर्ट / डिवर्ट / डिवर्ट

LINK: DIVERT

Friday, September 11, 2015

ACUTE

WORD: ACUTE

MEANING:
1. penetrating in perception or insight
2. sensitive to details; keen
3. of extreme importance; crucial
4. sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; an acute drought.
5. having a sharp end or point
6. severe, critical, serious

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Tapas Pal, the MP with an acute case of 'bravado-titis', deserves to be suspended
2. Her judgment is acute

PRONOUNCE:
acute - अक्यूट

LINK: ACUTE

Thursday, September 10, 2015

MATE

WORD: MATE

MEANING:
1. friend, pal

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Hes off for a drink with his mates
2. The bird seems to have lost his mate.

PRONOUNCE:
mate - माटे / मैट

LINK: MATE

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

SHAMBLES

WORD: SHAMBLES

MEANING:
1.
a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
b. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess: made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles.
2.
a. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.
b. A scene or condition of great devastation.
3. A slaughterhouse.
4. Archaic A meat market or butcher shop.
5. shuffles, walks

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Angelo Mathews walks out, with the shambles of the top order everwhere in Colombo

PRONOUNCE:
sham·bles - शैम्बल्ज़

LINK: SHAMBLES

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

FORMER

WORD: FORMER

MEANING:
1. One that forms; a maker or creator: a former of ideas.
2. A member of a school form: a fifth former.
3. previous, past, earlier

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The former rulers of the state designed certain policies.
2. Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today

PRONOUNCE:
form·er - फॉर्मर

LINK: FORMER

Monday, September 7, 2015

RIP

WORD: RIP

MEANING:
1.
a. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear1.
b. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident: He ripped his pants when he bent over.
2. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.
3. Computers To copy (audio or audio-visual material from) a CD or DVD.
4. To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie.
5. Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath.
6. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).
7. speed, rushes, flies

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Blast rips through warehouse at US military depot in Japan
2. there was a rip in his pants
3. There is a big rip in my new sari.

PRONOUNCE:
rip - रिप

LINK: RIP

Sunday, September 6, 2015

CLIMB

WORD: CLIMB

MEANING:
1.
a. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet: We climbed until we reached the shelter. The truck climbed the mountain highway.
b. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window.
c. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.
2. To rise slowly or steadily; ascend: The plane climbed into the clouds. See Synonyms at rise.
3. To slant or slope upward: The road climbs steeply to the top.
4. To grow in an upward direction, as some plants do, often by means of twining stems or tendrils.
5. hike, rise

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. it was a difficult climb to the top
2. Its an hours climb to the summit.

PRONOUNCE:
climb - क्लाइम

LINK: CLIMB

Saturday, September 5, 2015

VOCIFEROUS

WORD: VOCIFEROUS

MEANING:
1. characterized by vehemence, clamour, or noisiness: vociferous protests.
2. making an outcry or loud noises; clamorous: a vociferous mob.
3. vocal, loud, double

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Literally, there is a vociferous send-off!
2. The meeting was vociferous.

PRONOUNCE:
vociferous - वोसिफरस

LINK: VOCIFEROUS

Friday, September 4, 2015

FLAMBOYANT

WORD: FLAMBOYANT

MEANING:
1. Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior. See Synonyms at showy.
2. Richly or brightly colored; resplendent: a flamboyant turban.
3. Of, relating to, or having wavy lines and flamelike forms characteristic of 15th- and 16th-century French Gothic architecture.
4. colorful, loud

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Goodbye Sangakkara: A tame sendoff to a flamboyant cricketer
2. He always wears flamboyant clothes to make people notice him.

PRONOUNCE:
flam·boy·ant - फ्लैम्बॉइअन्ट

LINK: FLAMBOYANT

Thursday, September 3, 2015

SEND OFF

WORD: SEND OFF

MEANING:
1. A demonstration of affection and good wishes for the beginning of a new undertaking.
2. A farewell: gave our guests a hearty sendoff at the airport.goodbye, 3. farewell

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Goodbye Sangakkara: A tame send off to a flamboyant cricketer
2. I am going to give him a send-off in railway station.

PRONOUNCE:
send·off - सेन्ड ऑफ

LINK: SEND OFF

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

CONSIGN

WORD: CONSIGN

MEANING:
1. To give over to the care or custody of another.
2.
a. To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition: "Their desponding imaginations had long since consigned him to a watery grave" (William Hickling Prescott).
b. To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign: "South American savannas [that are] now consigned to grazing" (Eric Scigliano).
3. To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale.
4. entrust, commit

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Google is setting out on a three-pronged attack that could one day consign the text-based password to the annals of tech history, alongside VHS videos, mini discs and standalone mp3 players.
2. consign your baggage
3. In Hinduism the dead body is consigned to flames.

PRONOUNCE:
con·sign - कन्साइन

LINK: CONSIGN

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

SUBSEQUENT

WORD: SUBSEQUENT

MEANING:
1. occurring after; succeeding
2. following, succeeding

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The first and all subsequent meetings gave a lot of help.
2. subsequent developments

PRONOUNCE:
subsequent - सब्सक्वन्ट / सब्सीक्वन्ट

LINK: SUBSEQUENT